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THOMAS  EAKINS 


MEMORIAL  EXHIBITION 


M CM  XVII 


THE  METROPOLITAN  MUSEUM  OF  ART 


LOAN  EXHIBITION 
OF  THE  WORKS  OF 
THOMAS  EAKINS 


NEW  YORK 

NOVEMBER  5 to  DECEMBER  3 
M CM  XVII 


Copyright  by 

The  Metropolitan  Museum  of  Art 

October,  1917 


LENDERS  TO  THE 
EXHIBITION 

J.  Carroll  Beckwith 

John  F.  Braun 

Mrs.  William  A.  Dick 

Mrs.  Thomas  Eakins 

The  Fidelity  Trust  Co.,  Philadelphia 

Mrs.  E.  H.  Harding 

The  Jefferson  Medical  College,  Philadelphia 
Mrs.  Louis  N.  Kenton 
Samuel  Murray 
Gilbert  S.  Parker 

The  Pennsylvania  Academy  of  the  Fine  Arts, 
Philadelphia 
Alexander  Simpson,  Jr. 

The  University  of  Pennsylvania 
Miss  M.  A.  Williams 


INTRODUCTION 

Realism  L the  general  ideal  of  the  schools  of  north- 
ern Europe,  though  from  about  the  end  of  the  seven- 
teenth century  it  was  displaced  by  a courtly  and 
artificial  style  in  which,  broadly  speaking,  reality  served 
only  as  a more  or  less  remote  point  of  departure.  The 
destiny  of  the  nineteenth  century  was  to  set  aside  the 
trappings  which  hid  from  view  the  old  tradition,  and 
realism  stands  out  as  the  main  characteristic  of  the  art 
of  the  century.  The  reaction  began  at  the  time  of  the 
French  Revolution,  taking  the  nature  of  a return  to 
classical  forms  in  which,  however,  the  figures  were 
rigorously  studied  from  the  living  model.  The  next 
generation,  Ingres  at  their  head,  made  further  advances 
in  this  direction  and  it  was  the  great  rivals  of  the  clas- 
sicists, the  romanticists,  quickened  by  the  English  land- 
scapists of  the  time,  who  in  effect  formulated  the  creed 
of  the  realists  as  we  know  it.  Both  groups  were  work- 
ing toward  the  same  goal,  as  now  appears  from  our 
point  of  view,  the  one  through  form  and  the  other 
through  light  and  effect.  With  Courbet’s  pictures  in 
the  Salon  of  1851  the  development  showed  itself  com- 
plete. 

Approximately  the  same  evolution  took  place  simul- 
taneously in  all  the  countries  of  European  civilization. 
The  Hudson  River  School  in  America  was  actuated 
largely  by  realism,  but  the  efforts  of  its  members  were 
circumscribed  by  lack  of  foundation  and  experience. 


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Certain  of  the  young  men  who  grew  up  in  the  atmos- 
phere of  this  school  were  enabled  to  overcome  these 
defects  by  study  abroad — by  contact  with  the  main 
current  of  the  movement  in  France.  It  is  the  work  of 
the  best  of  these,  who  were  technically  competent,  even 
judged  by  foreign  standards,  and  who  still  kept  some- 
thing of  the  quality  of  the  rugged  and  homely  America 
of  their  prime,  which  represents  most  significantly  our 
artistic  accomplishment. 

Of  this  group  was  Thomas  Eakins,  sixty  of  whose 
pictures  have  been  gathered  here  for  a memorial  exhibi- 
tion. It  is  the  first  time  that  so  considerable  a number 
of  his  works  have  been  shown  together  and  con- 
sequently the  first  chance  that  the  public  has  had  com- 
prehensively to  judge  his  manly  and  thoughtful  art. 
He  was  the  most  consistent  of  American  realists,  and 
throughout  the  forty-five  years  of  his  artistic  career  his 
point  of  view  remained  practically  the  same.  His  in- 
terest was  in  the  people  of  his  surroundings  and  in  their 
work  and  recreations,  and  from  these  he  chose  his 
motives.  H is  continual  search  was  for  character  in  all 
things.  The  purpose  of  his  work  seems  at  times  akin 
to  that  of  a scientist — of  a natural  historian  who  sets 
down  the  salient  traits  of  the  subject  he  is  studying — 
but  in  his  case  the  scientific  point  of  view  was  directed 
by  a keen  appreciation  of  the  pictorial  and  frequently 
of  the  dramatic.  The  technical  side  of  his  painting 
partook  also  of  the  scientific  with  stress  on  the  studies 
of  anatomy  and  perspective,  which,  however,  were  kept 
in  due  subservience  by  his  recognition  of  the  higher 
elements  of  art.  His  pictures  manifest  always  a con- 
tained and  serious  outlook ; they  are  free  from  all 
vagueness  in  thought  or  form. 


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INTRODUCTION 


Eakins  has  never  yet  attained  a general  popularity. 
Only  now  and  then  did  he  condescend  to  please  by 
charming  color  or  elegant  surfaces.  Much  of  his  work 
is  indeed  somewhat  stern  at  first  sight  and  his  pictures 
demand  an  effort  that  all  are  not  willing  to  give.  But 
to  those  who  take  the  trouble  to  enter  into  the  artist’s 
ideal,  a wealth  of  rare  observation  and  enthusiastic 
workmanship  will  be  revealed;  the  austerities  of  the 
painting  are  seen  as  fitting  to  the  themes. 

The  facts  of  his  life  can  be  given  in  his  own  words. 
In  answer  to  a request  for  information  about  himself 
in  1893,  he  replied  in  the  following  note:  “I  was  born 
July  25,  1844.  My  father’s  father  was  from  the  north 
of  Ireland  of  the  Scotch  Irish.  On  my  mother’s  side 
my  blood  is  English  and  Hollandish.  I was  a pupil  of 
Gerome  (also  of  Bonnat  and  of  Dumont,  sculptor).  I 
have  taught  in  life  classes,  and  lectured  on  anatomy 
continuously  since  1873.  I have  painted  many  pictures 
and  done  a little  sculpture.  For  the  public  I believe 
my  life  is  all  in  my  work.  Yours  truly,  Thomas 
Eakins.” 

In  elaboration  of  this  characteristic  letter  it  may  be 
added  that  he  first  studied  at  the  Pennsylvania  Acad- 
emy of  the  Fine  Arts;  that  in  the  autumn  of  1866  he 
went  to  Paris,  where  he  stayed  three  years ; that  during 
those  years  he  traveled  in  other  parts  of  Europe  and 
studied  at  various  art  centers;  that  in  December,  1869, 
he  went  to  Spain,  where  he  painted  Spanish  subjects, 
among  them  The  Gipsy  Girl  Dancing  and  a head  of 
the  gipsy  girl,  Carmencita  Requena;  that  he  returned  to 
the  United  States  in  the  summer  of  1870  and  settled 
in  Philadelphia,  where  he  lived  until  his  death,  June  25, 

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1916.  For  some  years  he  taught  at  the  Pennsylvania 
Academy  of  the  Fine  Arts.  Afterward  the  Art  Stu- 
dents League  was  formed,  with  Thomas  Eakins  as  in- 
structor. In  1902  he  was  elected  an  associate  of  the 
National  Academy  of  Design  and  later  in  the  same  year 
was  made  an  Academician.  As  examples  of  his  work 
as  a sculptor  we  may  cite  the  horses  in  relief  on  the  Sol- 
diers’ and  Sailors’  Memorial  Arch  in  Brooklyn  and  the 
reliefs  on  the  Battle  Monument  at  Trenton. 

Bryson  Burroughs. 


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AWARDS  TO  THOMAS  EAKINS 


1878  Silver  medal,  Massachusetts  Charitable  Mechan- 
ics’ Association,  Boston 

1893  Medal,  Columbian  Exposition,  Chicago 

1900  Honorable  mention,  Paris  Exposition 

1901  Gold  medal,  Pan-American  Exposition,  Buflfalo 
1904  Gold  medal,  St.  Louis  Exposition 

1904  Temple  gold  medal,  Pennsylvania  Academy  of 
the  Fine  Arts 

1905  Proctor  prize.  National  Academy  of  Design 
1907  Second  prize,  Carnegie  Institute,  Pittsburgh 
1907  Gold  medal,  American  Art  Society,  Philadelphia 


CATALOGUE 


The  paintings  are  arranged  chronologically,  so 
far  as  dated;  those  without  dates  are  placed  at 
the  end  of  the  paintings  of  the  same  general 
period. 

1 PAIR-OARED  SHELL 

The  professional  oarsmen  Barney  and  John  Biglen 
on  the  Schuylkill  River  under  the  old  Columbia 
Bridge. 

Oil  on  canvas:  h.  24;  w.  36.  Signed  and  dated  on 
stone  pier  near  right:  E A KINS  iSy2.  Signed  on 
back:  E AKINS. 

Lent  by  Mrs.  Thomas  Eakins. 

2 KATHERINE 

Oil  on  canvas:  h.  68;  w.  50.  Signed  and  dated  at 
lower  right:  Thomas  Eakins  i8j2. 

Lent  by  Mrs.  Thomas  Eakins. 

3 THE  BIGLEN  BROTHERS  TURNING 
THE  STAKE-BOAT 

Barney  and  John  Biglen  represented  racing  on  the 
Schuylkill  River.  Mr.  Eakins  himself  is  shown 
with  arm  upraised  in  the  stake-boat. 


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Oil  on  canvas : h.  40 ; w.  60.  Signed  and  dated  on 
side  of  shell:  E AKINS  73.  Signed  on  back: 
EAKINS. 

Lent  by  Mrs.  Thomas  Eakins. 

4 JOHN  BIGLEN  IN  A SINGLE  SCULL 

Originally  painted  for  and  presented  to  the  artist’s 
master,  Gerome.  This  is  Eakins’s  copy  of  the  orig- 
inal. 

Water  color  on  paper:  h.  16%;  w.  23.  Signed  on 
scull:  EAKINS. 

Lent  by  Mrs.  Thomas  Eakins. 

5 PROEESSOR  BENJAMIN  H.  RAND 

Physician,  professor  of  chemistry,  Dean  of  The 
Jefferson  Medical  College,  and  writer  on  medical 
chemistry;  1827-1883. 

Oil  on  canvas:  h.  60;  w.  48.  Signed  at  left: 

EAKINS  74- 

Lent  by  The  Jefferson  Medical  College,  Phila- 
delphia. 

6 SAILBOATS  (HIKERS)  RACING  ON  THE 
DELAWARE 

Oil  on  canvas:  h.  24;  w.  36.  Signed  on  boat  at 
right:  EAKINS  74.  Signed  on  back:  T.  E. 

Lent  by  Mrs.  Thomas  Eakins. 

7 SAILING 

Oil  on  canvas:  h.  31^  ; w.  45^.  Signed  at  lower 
right:  To  his  friend  William  M.  Chase.  Eakins. 

Lent  by  Alexander  Simpson,  Jr. 


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I 8 ELIZABETH  AT  THE  PIANO 
Portrait  of  Elizabeth  King  Crowell. 

Oil  on  canvas:  h.  72;  w.  48.  Signed  at  lower 
right:  Eakins  75. 

Lent  by  Mrs.  Thomas  Eakins. 


9  THE  GROSS  CLINIC 

Portrait  of  Samuel  David  Gross,  M.D.,  surgeon 
and  writer  on  surgery,  in  his  clinic  at  The  Jeffer- 
son Medical  College,  Philadelphia;  1805-1884. 

Exhibited  at  the  Centennial  Exhibition  in  Phila- 
delphia, 1876,  and  at  the  expositions  at  Chicago, 
Buffalo,  and  St.  Louis.  (Gold  medal,  1904.) 

Oil  on  canvas:  h.  96;  w.  78.  Signed  and  dated 
near  bottom:  EAKINS  iS^S. 

Lent  by  The  Jefferson  Medical  College,  Phila- 
delphia. 

10  THE  ZITHER  PLAYER 

Water-color  on  paper:  h.  lO^;  w.  8.  Signed  at 
lower  right:  Eakins  y6. 

Lent  by  Miss  M.  A.  Williams. 

11  WILLIAM  RUSH  CARVING  THE  ALLE- 
GORICAL FIGURE  OF  THE  SCHUYL- 
KILL RIVER 

Sculptor  and  carver  in  wood;  1756-1833.  A 
bronze  replica  of  this  statue  stands  near  the  water- 
works in  Fairmount  Park,  Philadelphia.  The  orig- 
inal wooden  figure,  for  which  “a  celebrated  belle 


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of  the  time  consented  to  pose,”  stood  for  many  years 
in  Centre  Square,  since  called  Penn  Square,  and 
later  in  Fairmount  Park.  It  was  finally  removed 
in  a state  of  decay. 

Oil  on  canvas : h.  20 ; w.  26.  Signed  and  dated  at 
lower  right:  E A KINS  77. 

Lent  by  Mrs.  Thomas  Eakins. 

12  NEGRO  BOY  DANCING 

Water-color  on  paper:  h.  17^;  w.  21^.  Signed 
and  dated  on  bench  at  right:  EAKINS  yS. 

Lent  by  Mrs.  Thomas  Eakins. 

13  HARRY  LEWIS 

Oil  on  canvas:  h.  23%  J w.  20.  Signed  on  back: 
EAKINS. 

Lent  by  Mrs.  Thomas  Eakins. 

14  MARGUERITE  IN  SKATING  COSTUME 

Oil  on  canvas : h.  24 ; w.  20.  Signed  at  lower  right : 
EAKINS. 

Lent  by  Mrs.  Thomas  Eakins. 

15  THE  ARTIST  AND  HIS  FATHER 
HUNTING  REED-BIRDS 

Oil  on  canvas : h.  18  ,*  w.  27.  Signed  on  side  of  boat : 
BENJAMINI  EAKINS  FILIUS  PINXIT. 
Signed  on  back:  EAKINS. 

Lent  by  Mrs.  Thomas  Eakins. 


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16  THE  FAIRMAN  ROGERS 
FOUR-IN-HAND 

Oil  on  canvas:  h.  24;  w.  36.  Signed  and  dated  on 
step  at  lower  left : EAKINS  7p. 

Lent  by  Mrs.  William  A.  Dick. 

17  THE  CRUCIFIXION 

Oil  on  canvas:  h.  96;  w.  54.  Signed  on  back: 
CHRIST  I EFFIGIEM  EAKINS  PHILPHI- 
ENSIS  PINXIT  MDCCCLXXX. 

Lent  by  Mrs.  Thomas  Eakins. 

18  RETROSPECTION 

Oil  on  wood:  h.  14^  ; w.  10^.  Signed  and  dated 
at  upper  right:  EAKINS  1880. 

Lent  by  Mrs.  Thomas  Eakins. 

19  MENDING  THE  NET 

Oil  on  canvas:  h.  32;  w.  45.  Signed  and  dated 
near  bottom:  EAKINS  81. 

Lent  by  Mrs.  Thomas  Eakins. 

20  TAKING  UP  THE  NET 

Water-color  on  paper:  h.  9;  w.  13^.  Signed  on 
boat:  EAKINS  81. 

Lent  by  Mrs.  Thomas  Eakins. 

21  SPINNING 

Water-color  on  paper:  h.  ii;  w.  8.  Signed  and 
dated  on  spinning  wheel:  EAKINS  1881. 

Lent  by  Mrs.  Thomas  Eakins. 


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22  THE  SPINNER  (A  Sketch) 

Oil  on  canvas:  h.  30;  w.  25.  Signed  on  back: 
EAKINS, 

Lent  by  Mrs.  Thomas  Eakins. 

23  THE  WRITING  MASTER 

f Portrait  of  the  artist’s  father. 

Oil  on  canvas:  h.  30;  w.  34>4-  Signed  at  lower 
right:  EAKINS  82. 

Lent  by  Mrs.  Thomas  Eakins. 

24  J.  LAURIE  WALLACE 
Artist  and  pupil  of  Eakins. 

Oil  on  canvas:  h.  50;  w.  32.  Signed  at  lower  right: 
EAKINS. 

Lent  by  Mrs.  Thomas  Eakins. 

25  DR.  HORATIO  C.  WOOD 

Physician,  naturalist,  and  writer;  born  1841. 

Oil  on  canvas:  h.  64;  w.  50.  Signed  at  lower 
.right:  EAKINS. 

Lent  by  Mrs.  Thomas  Eakins. 

26  PROFESSOR  GEORGE  F.  BARKER 

Chemist  and  physicist,  professor  at  the  University 
of  Pennsylvania  (1873),  and  author  of  a text-book 
of  chemistry  and  many  scientific  papers;  1835- 
1910. 


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Oil  on  canvas:  h.  6o;  w.  40.  Signed  and  dated  at 
lower  right:  EAKINS  1886. 

Lent  by  Mrs.  Thomas  Eakins. 


27  WALT  WHITMAN 
American  poet;  1819-1892. 

Oil  on  canvas:  h.  30;  w.  24.  Signed  at  upper 
right:  EAKINS  1887.  Inscribed  on  back: 

WALT  WHITMAN  PAINTED  FROM 
LIFE  by  THOMAS  EAKINS  1887. 

Lent  by  the  Pennsylvania  Academy  of  the  Fine 
Arts,  Philadelphia. 


28  SAMUEL  MURRAY,  SCULPTOR 
Pupil  of  Eakins;  born  1870. 

Oil  on  canvas:  h.  24;  w.  20.  Signed  and  dated  on 
back:  THOMAS  EAKINS  1889. 

Lent  by  Samuel  Murray. 


29  PROFESSOR  HENRY  A.  ROWLAND 

Physicist,  professor  at  Johns  Hopkins  University, 
and  writer;  1848-1901. 

Professor  Rowland  is  shown  with  a diffraction  grat- 
ing in  his  hand.  His  engine  for  ruling  is  beside 
him  and  in  the  background  his  assistant,  Mr. 
Schneider,  is  working  at  his  lathe.  The  frame  is 
ornamented  with  lines  of  the  spectrum  and  with 
coefficients  and  mathematical  formulae  relating  to 
light  and  electricity,  all  original  with  Professor 
Rowland  and  selected  by  himself. 

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Oil  on  canvas:  h.  68;  w.  54/4*  Inscribed  at  lower 
left:  Prof.  Henry  A Rowland.  Thomas  Eakins 
1891. 

Lent  by  Mrs.  Thomas  Eakins. 

30  THE  CONCERT  SINGER 

Oil  on  canvas:  h.  75;  w.  54.  Signed  at  upper 
right:  EAKINS  92. 

Lent  by  Mrs.  Thomas  Eakins. 

31  JOHN  McLURE  HAMILTON 
Artist;  born  1853. 

Oil  on  canvas:  h.  80;  w.  50 Inscribed  at  lower 
left:  To  my  friend  Hamilton.  Eakins  9S> 

Lent  by  Mrs.  Thomas  Eakins. 

32  THE  CELLO  PLAYER 

Portrait  of  Rudolph  Hennig,  a musician  of  Phila- 
delphia. 

Oil  on  canvas:  h.  64;  w.  48.  Signed  and  dated  at 
lower  right:  Eakins  96. 

Lent  by  the  Pennsylvania  Academy  of  the  Fine 
Arts,  Philadelphia. 

33  THE  AGNEW  CLINIC 

Portrait  of  D.  Hayes  Agnew,  M.D.,  operative  sur- 
geon, anatomist,  and  writer  on  surgery  and  anat- 
omy, in  his  clinic  at  the  University  of  Pennsylvania 
Medical  School;  1818-1892. 

The  right-hand  figure  of  the  two  behind  the  nurse 
is  Mr.  Eakins  himself.  The  surgeon  operating  is 

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the  late  Dr.  J.  William  White  of  Philadelphia, 
known  familiarly  as  Dr.  “Willie”  White. 

Oil  on  canvas:  h.  74^;  w.  130^.  Inscribed  on 
back:  AGNEW.  CHIRURGL  EAKINS.  PHI- 
LADELPHIENSIS.  EFFIGIEM.  PINXIT. 

Lent  by  the  University  of  Pennsylvania. 

34  GENERAL  E.  BURD  GRUBB 

Civil  War  veteran.  Envoy  extraordinary  and  min- 
ister plenipotentiary  to  Spain,  1890;  born  1841. 

Oil  on  canvas:  h.  30;  w.  22.  Signed  on  back  at 
lower  right:  T.  E. 

Lent  by  Mrs.  Thomas  Eakins. 

35  CHARLES  F.  HASELTINE 

Oil  on  canvas:  h.  24;  w.  20.  Signed  on  back: 
EAKINS. 

Lent  by  Mrs.  Thomas  Eakins. 

36  WILLIAM  H.  MACDOWELL  (A  Sketch) 
Father  of  Mrs.  Thomas  Eakins. 

Oil  on  canvas:  h.  28;  w.  22.  Signed  on  back: 
EAKINS. 

Lent  by  Mrs.  Thomas  Eakins. 

37  THE  BLACK  FAN 

Portrait  of  Mrs.  Talcott  Williams. 

Oil  on  canvas:  h.  80;  w.  40.  Not  signed  or  dated. 
Lent  by  Mrs.  Thomas  Eakins. 


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38  THE  BOHEMIAN 

Oil  on  canvas:  h.  24;  w.  20.  Signed  at  lower  right: 
E A KINS.  Signed  on  back:  T.  E. 

Lent  by  Mrs.  Thomas  Eakins. 

39  COW-BOY  SINGING 

Water-color  on  paper:  h.  18;  w.  14.  Signed  at 
lower  right:  EAKINS. 

Lent  by  Mrs.  Thomas  Eakins. 

40  HOME  RANCH 

^ Oil  on  canvas:  h.  24;  w.  20.  Signed  on  table  at 
^ right  center:  EAKINS. 

Lent  by  Mrs.  Thomas  Eakins. 

41  THE  RED  SHAWL 

Oil  on  canvas:  h.  24;  w.  20.  Signed  on  back: 
EAKINS. 

Lent  by  Mrs.  Thomas  Eakins. 

42  THE  SWIMMING  HOLE 

Oil  on  canvas:  h.  27 ; w.  36.  Not  signed  or  dated. 
Lent  by  Mrs.  Thomas  Eakins. 

43  THE  VETERAN 

Oil  on  canvas:  h.  23^;  w.  17.  Signed  at  lower 
right:  EAKINS. 

Lent  by  Mrs.  Thomas  Eakins. 


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44  SALUTAT 

Oil  on  canvas:  h.  50;  w.  40.  Signed  and  dated: 
EAKINS  1898. 

Lent  by  Mrs.  Thomas  Eakins. 

45  BETWEEN  ROUNDS 

Oil  on  canvas:  h.  50;  w.  40.  Signed  and  dated  at 
lower  right:  EAKINS  99. 

Lent  by  Mrs.  Thomas  Eakins. 

46  WRESTLERS 

Oil  on  canvas:  h.  16;  w.  20.  Not  signed  or  dated. 
Lent  by  Mrs.  Thomas  Eakins. 

47  MRS.  FRISHMUTH.  COLLECTOR  OF 
MUSICAL  INSTRUMENTS 

Oil  on  canvas:  h.  96;  w.  72.  Signed  and  dated  at 
lower  right:  EAKINS  1900. 

Lent  by  Mrs.  Thomas  Eakins. 

48  THE  THINKER 
Portrait  of  Louis  N.  Kenton. 

Oil  on  canvas:  h.  82;  w.  42.  Signed  at  bottom: 
Eakins  1900. 

Lent  by  Mrs.  Louis  N.  Kenton. 

49  RUTH 

Oil  on  canvas:  h.  24;  w.  20.  Inscribed  on  back: 
LAURA  K.  HARDING  FROM  THOMAS 
EAKINS  1903. 

Lent  by  Mrs.  E.  H.  Harding. 


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50  J.  CARROLL  BECKWITH 
Artist;  born  1852. 

Oil  on  canvas : h.  83 ; w.  48.  Inscribed  on  back : 
48x84  Beckwith  TO  MRS.  CARROLL 
BECKWITH  FROM  HER  FRIEND 
THOMAS  E AKINS  igo4.  Signed  at  bottom 
of  easel:  THOMAS  EAKINS  1904. 

Lent  by  J.  Carroll  Beckwith. 

51  MONSIGNOR  DIOMEDE  FALCONIO 
Cardinal;  born  1842. 

Oil  on  canvas:  h.  72;  w.  54^.  Inscribed  on  back: 
HANC  EFFIGIEM ILLMI  AC  REVMI  DIO- 
MEDI  FALCONIO  ARCH  LARISSENSIS  FT 
DELEG  AT  I APOSTOLICI  IN  STATIBVS 
FCEDERATIS  AMERICA  SEPTENTRIO- 
NALIS  PINXIT  THOMAS  EAKINS  WASH- 
INGTON 1 1 MDCCCCV.  Signed  on.  back: 
EAKINS. 

Lent  by  Mrs.  Thomas  Eakins. 

52  JOHN  B.  GEST 

Former  President  of  the  Fidelity  Trust  Company 
in  Philadelphia. 

Oil  on  canvas:  h.  40;  w.  30.  Signed  and  dated  at 
lower  right:  EAKINS  1905. 

Lent  by  the  Fidelity  Trust  Company,  Philadelphia. 

53  DR.  GILBERT  L.  PARKER 

Oil  on  canvas:  h.  24;  w.  20.  Inscribed  on  back: 
TO  HIS  FRIEND  GILBERT  L.  PARKER. 
THOMAS  EAKINS  1910. 

Lent  by  Gilbert  S.  Parker. 


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WORKS  OF  THOMAS  BAKINS 


54  MRS.  GILBERT  L.  PARKER 

Oil  on  canvas:  h.  24;  w.  20.  Inscribed  on  back: 
TO  HIS  FRIEND  MRS  PARKER.  THOMAS 
EAKINS  1910. 

Lent  by  Gilbert  S.  Parker. 

55  WILLIAM  M.  CHASE 
Artist;  1849-1916. 

Oil  on  canvas:  h.  24;  w.  20.  Inscribed  on  back: 
TO  MY  FRIEND  WILLIAM  M.  CHASE. 
THOMAS  EAKINS. 

Lent  by  John  F.  Braun. 

56  CLARA 

Oil  on  canvas:  h.  24;  w.  20.  Signed  at  lower  right: 
T.  Eakins.  Signed  on  back:  EAKINS. 

Lent  by  Mrs.  Thomas  Eakins. 

57  ELIZABETH  R.  COFFIN,  ARTIST 

Oil  on  canvas:  h.  24;  w.  20.  Signed  at  lower  right: 
EAKINS. 

Lent  by  Mrs.  Thomas  Eakins. 

58  DR.  THOMAS  FENTON 
President  of  the  Philadelphia  Art  Club. 

Oil  on  canvas:  h.  60;  w.  30.  Signed  on  back:  T.  E. 
Lent  by  Mrs.  Thomas  Eakins. 


13 


THE  METROPOLITAN  MUSEUM  OF  ART 


59  MISS  PARKER 

Oil  on  canvas:  h.  6o;  w.  40.  Not  signed  or  dated. 
Lent  by  Mrs.  Thomas  Eakins. 

60  THE  YOUNG  MAN 

Oil  on  canvas : h.  45  ; w.  26.  Signed  on  back : T.  E. 
Lent  by  Mrs.  Thomas  Eakins. 

NOTE.  The  two  pictures  by  Eakins  which  are 
owned  by  the  Museum  are  hung  in  their  usual 
places,  The  Chess  Players  in  Gallery  12  and 
Pushing  for  Rail  in  Gallery  13. 


14 


INDEX 


NUMBER 


Agnew  Clinic,  The 33 

Artist  and  his  Father  Hunting  Reed-birds,  The  . 15 

Barker,  Professor  George  F 26 

Beckwith,  J.  Carroll 50 

Between  Rounds 45 

Biglen  Brothers  Turning  the  Stake-Boat,  The  . 3 

Biglen,  John,  in  a Single  Scull 4 

Black  Fan,  The 37 

Bohemian,  The 38 

Cello  Player,  The 32 

Chase,  William  M 55 

Chess  Players,  The;  see  page  14. 

Clara 56 

Coffin,  Elizabeth  R.,  Artist 57 

Concert  Singer,  The 30 

Cow-boy  Singing 39 

Crucifixion,  The 17 

Elizabeth  at  the  Piano 8 

Fairman  Rogers  Four-in-hand,  The  . . . . 16 

Falconio,  Monsignor  Diomede 51 

Fenton,  Dr.  Thomas 58 

Frishmuth,  Mrs.,  Collector  of  Musical  Instru- 
ments   47 

Gest,  John  B 52 


15 


INDEX 

NUMBER 

Gross  Clinic,  The 9 

Grubb,  General  E.  Burd 34 

Hamilton,  John  McLure  . 31 

Haseltine,  Charles  F -35 

Home  Ranch 40 

Katherine  2 

Lewis,  Harry 13 

Macdowell,  William  H.  (A  Sketch)  ....  36 

Marguerite  in  Skating  Costume 14 

Mending  the  Net 19 

Murray,  Samuel,  Sculptor 28 

Negro  Boy  Dancing 12 

Pair-oared  Shell i 

Parker,  Dr.  Gilbert  L 53 

Parker,  Mrs.  Gilbert  L.  54 

Parker,  Miss 59 

Pushing  for  Rail;  see  page  14. 

Rand,  Professor  Benjamin  H 5 

Red  Shawl,  The 41 

Retrospection 18 

Rowland,  Professor  Henry  A 29 

Rush,  William,  Carving  the  Allegorical  Figure  of 

the  Schuylkill  River 1 1 

Ruth 49 

Sailboats  (Hikers)  Racing  on  the  Delaware  . . 6 

Sailing 7 

Salutat 44 

Spinner,  The  (A  Sketch) 22 

Spinning 2l 

Swimming  Hole,  The 42 

16 


INDEX 

NUMBER 

Taking  up  the  Net 20 

Thinker,  The 48 

Veteran,  The 43 

Wallace,  J.  Laurie 24 

Whitman,  Walt ...  27 

Wood,  Dr.  Horatio  C 25 

Wrestlers 46 

Writing  Master,  The 23 

Young  Man,  The 60 

Zither  Player,  The 10 


17 


J 

PAIR-OARED  SHELL 


KATHERINE 


THE  BIGLEN  BROTHERS  TL’RNINC;  THE  STAKE-BOAT 


JOHN  BIGLEN  IN  A SINGLE  SCULL 


5 

PROFESSOR  BENJAMIN  H.  RAND 


6 

SAILBOATS  (HIKERS)  RACING  ON  THE  DELAWARE 


7 

SAILING 


ELIZABETH  AT  THE  PIANO 


9 

THE  GROSS  CLINIC 


THE  ZITHER  PLAYER 


WILLIAM  RUSH  CARVING  THE  ALLEGORICAL 
FIGURE  OF  THE  SCHUYLKILL  RIVER 


12 

NEGRO  BOY  DANCING 


13 

HARRY  LEWIS 


14 

MARGUERITE  IN  SKATING  COSTUME 


THE  ARTIST  AND  HIS  FATHER 
HUNTING  REED-BIRDS 


THE  FAIRMAN  ROGERS  FOUR-IN-HAND 


17 

THE  CRUCIFIXION 


RETROSPECTION 


>1 


19 

MENDING  THE  NET 


20 

TAKING  UP  THE  NET 


SPINNING 


22 

THE  SPINNER  (A  SKETCH) 


23 

THE  WRITING  MASTER 


24 

J.  LAURIE  WALLACE 


25 

DR.  HORATIO  C.  WOOD 


26 

PROFESSOR  GEORGE  F.  BARKER 


27 


WALT  WHITMAN 


28 

SAMUEL  MURRAY,  SCULPTOR 


29 

PROFESSOR  HENRY  A.  ROWLAND 


■43: 


30 

THE  CONCERT  SINGER 


31 

JOHN  McLURE  HAMILTON 


Copr.  Detroit  Publishing  Co. 


THE  CELLO  PLAYER 


THE  AGNEW  CLINIC 


34 

GENERAL  E.  BURD  GRUBB 


35 

CHARLES  F.  HASELTINE 


36 

WILLIAM  H.  MACDOWELL  (A  SKETCH) 


37 

THE  BLACK  FAN 


38 

THH  BOHEMIAN 


39 

COW-BOY  SINGING 


40 

HOME  RANCH 


41 

THE  RED  SHAWL 


42 

THE  SWIMMING  HOLE 


I 

I 

I 


43 

THE  VETERAN 


44 

SALUTAT 


45 

BETWEEN  ROUNDS 


47 

MRS.  FRISHMUTH, 

COLLECTOR  OF  MUSICAL  INSTRUMENTS 


THE  THINKER 


49 

RUTH 


50 

J.  CARROLL  BECKWITH 


51 

MONSIGNOR  DIOMEDE  FALCONIO 


52 

JOHN  15.  GEST 


53 

DR.  GILBERT  L.  PARKER 


54 


MRS.  (JILBERT  L.  PARKER 


55 

WILLIAM  M.  CHASE 


CLARA 


57 

ELIZABETH  R.  COFFIN,  ARTIST 


DR.  THOMAS  FENTON 


59 

MISS  PARKER 


THE  YOUNG  MAN 


OF  THIS  CATALOGUE 

ONE  THOUSAND  COPIES  HAV'E  BEEN  FRIN'EED 
OCTOBER,  1917 


